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Jon Krakauer

Krakauer: Court ruling on privacy hurts right to know

Author Jon Krakauer said he feels "a moral obligation" to fight a recent court ruling against him as he tries to obtain ...

Smollett wants Chicago's lawsuit moved to federal court

Jussie Smollett wants the lawsuit that the city of Chicago filed against him moved from state court to federal court.

Writer Krakauer denied records on college player's rape case

Author Jon Krakauer's five-year quest to find out how and why Montana's top higher education official intervened to prevent ...

Iowa Supreme Court takes a right turn under Gov. Reynolds

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is transforming the Iowa Supreme Court from one that leaned liberal to a solidly conservative ...

Files from dead mapmaker focus of NC redistricting hearing

Documents recovered from the house of a deceased Republican mapmaker that are part of a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit in ...

NC redistricting fight turns to state courts after ruling

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled federal courts aren't the place to settle partisan gerrymandering disputes, ...

Supreme Court to review Montana school choice program

The Supreme Court will consider reviving a Montana program that gives tax credits to people who donate to private-school ...

David Niven

States poised to take up fight over partisan gerrymandering

The battle for political advantage in state capitols is poised to become more intense after the U.S. Supreme Court declared ...

Supreme Court sends Florida cross case back to lower court

Court decisions directing the removal of a cross from a public park in Florida should get another look, after a Supreme Court ...

Justices: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that partisan gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts is none of its ...

Redistricting cases press on, even after high court ruling

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday rejecting partisan gerrymandering claims in North Carolina and Maryland will effectively ...

Kansas abortion ruling prompts new attack on death penalty

A recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling declaring that the state constitution protects access to abortion opened the door to a ...

Cardi B

Cardi B pleads not guilty to new charges in strip club brawl

Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B was arraigned Tuesday on new felony charges in connection with a fight last year at a New York ...

Prosecutor could decide on seventh trial in Mississippi case

A Mississippi prosecutor has tried and failed six times to send Curtis Flowers to the death chamber, with the latest trial ...

Sheri Johnson

Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a ...

Rose Mary Knick

Justices: Landowner can take property case to federal court

The Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow people to sue in federal court when they believe states and local governments have ...

Democrats look to other lawsuits to block GOP lame-duck laws

Wisconsin Democrats trying to undo laws passed by Republicans during a lame-duck session just before Gov. Scott Walker left ...

Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland

A 40-foot-tall, World War I memorial cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday ...

Mark Herring

High court lets Virginia voting go ahead under redrawn map

Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats as a result of ...

High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake

The Supreme Court decided Monday against a high-stakes, election-year case about the competing rights of gay and lesbian ...